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Friday, July 1, 2016

You all did a SUPER FINE job of getting messy!!! Thanks bunches for joining our 'A Beautiful Mess" challenge. Whether you made a messy looking project or just used 'messy' techniques...we were thrilled to see every inch of your 'Beautiful Mess' creative projects this month!

As
most of you know, this will be our last post from OUR CREATIVE CORNER.
Before I announce the winner and Top 3 for the challenge please allow me
to say thank you, from my heart, to precious Laura, sweet Claudia and
the DT for this incredible opportunity. You are all truly amazing.
I
came to OCC entering challenges and so well remember the thrill of
winning a challenge and posting your badge to my blog. Ultimately,
becoming part of your DT was a true honor and joy. XXj.

Now
it is time for Mr Random.org to do his work and pick one of your
wonderful entries. This month's winner will receive goodies from:

Please email us via the link on the sidebar by 15th July and
we will get your voucher to you as soon as possible.

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Are
you ready for the MESSY winners from our 'A Beautiful Mess' challenge? I
had such a fabulous time looking at each of your truly marvelous
creations. I wanted to just find a prize for you ALL!!

Along the
way... I realized the operative word for me would be 'beautiful'. A
pretty mess or a funky mess would be totally different than a beautiful
mess. So that helped with my final decisions! And here is our final
Winner and Top Three!

Jenny
"pushed the right buttons" in my heart! It's a Bodacious Summer
Sunshine Extravaganza! The rather messy, carefree background and the
rather messy 'doodles' on the flowers just translated to 'A Beautiful
Mess'. And the sentiment is very special; one we all should remember :)

And as this is the final challenge I am so lucky to be able to add a few more to my Top 3 (now 6) and here they are (in no particular order!)

I
was spell bound by Ruth's background - it has helter skelter bits and
pieces of everything in it! There were splashes and splatters, dents
and dobs all over it! And her flowers were stunning but the materials
she used for them was very messy in appearance. One beautiful flower
even had a leaf fraying!!! Just don't see how it could be much messier
in such a truly beautiful way.

On
her entry Sara said: "A bit messy, even by my loose standards".
Heheheheh - I agree Sara!!! There is dimension and texture as well as
crackle, embossing, glitter, micro beads. All great BUT... there is
seriously nothing perfect about this creation. And THAT is why I can
say I adore it unconditionally - it's NOT PERFECT - it's a Beautiful
MESS!!!

Rachel
is a bit new to the artsy world and somehow her little village sunrise
just thrilled me. Seems to me like there is no way that messy background
would work with this darling little town and it's very messy blue brick
streets but to me it's just totally quaint! And I just think that
abstract sunset/sunrise completely brings the entire piece together. It
just seems like 'A darling little Beautiful Mess'.

This
is Shirly's very first EVER blog post! WOW. And look - she even
included the brush that created her "beautiful mess". The background is
a modge podge of color that makes the artist pallet look just like mine
- messy!!! And those white messy lines are so fun as the border. As
an artist - this creation was splendid eye candy and definitely seemed
perfect for our challenge!

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SUCH
WONDERFUL FUN! All my thanks to each one of you who submitted your
truly SPLENDID creations. They were each a joy to see.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Laura here to bring you the spotlight on the winner of the Gypsy Fayre Challenge

that was hosted by Candice!

Candice selected Nate as her winner and we are so thrilled to be welcoming her as Our Creative Corner's last Top Talent!!!

......But before weshow you Nate's wonderful creation, let's just spend
some time finding out a little bit more about this very creative lady.....

1. Where do you live?

I live in France in Val d'oise and the town is called Sannois. It is a suburb 20 km from Paris and 5km from the Stade de France.

2. How long have you been crafting and what made you start crafting?

I started scrapbooking (not knowing that it was called that back then) by customizing my photo frames. I stuck flowers and buttons on them....until the dayI discovered scrapbooking sites on the internet. This adventure set me going. I created my own blog in 2007 and it's name is"le scrap de nate" My aim was to have a place where I could collect and share my creations.3. What color inspires your creativity?

I react to all colours. I like to mix them and get messy with them - but when I look at my creations I notice they are dominated strongly by green. A restful colour which represents nature and serenity. 4. Are you a day-time or night-time crafter?

I don't have a timetable. I get inspiration at all times. For me everything can be made into crafts. A project idea just arrives and then everything happens.

5. If you could have anything you wanted, what would it be?

I hope and wish to continue for a long time with craft projects and I hope that my inspiration will grow by learning new techniques. I also would like to have some of my creative goals and desires become reality some day.

6. What makes you happy?

Everything and nothing makes me happy...

I am happy when I scrap, when my thoughts and ideas find their way into my projectsI am married and happy to be a mother of two grown children (girl and boy)I am happy with my little dachshund who fills me with joyI am happy with the life I liveI am simply happy to be just me. 7. About how many hours do you spend on crafting per week?

Do you want to know the whole truth?...Every day, every month, the whole year - I have to dabble. I like challenges....

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Jennie here to thank you all so much for running with my
challenge 'Hit the Books'.

I asked you to give those old book pages centre
stage and you certainly did that. I had a great time visiting you all
and enjoying your creative process. A huge thank you to all of you who
entered.

Before I announce the winner and Top 3 for the challenge it is time for
Mr Random.org to do his work and pick one of your wonderful entries.
This month the lucky random winner wins a fabulous bundle of stamps and
products from....

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Hi everyone! Welcome back to the last challenge at Our Creative Corner...

Our wonderful Joi is running this months challenge - but before I hand over to her to tell you all the details about that, I just wanted to let you know that we will be announcing Joi's winner and Top 3 and the sponsor winner on 1st July and then OCC will be closing it's doors for the foreseeable future.

I took over as Leader at Our Creative Corner from Linda (The Funkie Junkie) in May 2013 - Being asked to do this was such a huge honour for me and it has truly been such an amazingly wonderful journey. As much as we love our craft blogging life, we all know that RL has a habit of getting in the way. For quite a while now I have been trying to not give in to the need to focus on RL, but I know that now is the right time....

I do just want to take this time to express some very much deserved gratitude -

Thank you so much...

...to Linda for having faith in me and letting me take on the leadership of OCC. Thank you for your invaluable advice, strength and wisdom and for always supporting me along the way.

...to each DT member who has given their time to OCC and devoted themselves to organizing some awesome challenges and providing amazing inspiration. Thank you for being there.

...to all the Guest Designers who have inspired everyone during our challenges. Your work was always an amazing addition to our blog and we are so very grateful.

Thank you to every person who has ever entered any of the challenges here at OCC.

Your creativity is amazing. We have been in awe of the people who enter their work for us to see and we would always have the greatest difficulty picking a winner each time. Without all of you there would have been no challenges and we were always so glad to see you here!

I am leaving OCC open for people to re-visit and hopefully be inspired by what they see.

In the future OCC might be back - but for now it is goodbye....

Happy crafting adventures to everyone!

Laura
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Howdy from Joi@RR.

I am bringing you the June challenge at OUR CREATIVE CORNER.

Before I introduce my challenge I would like to tell you about our Sponsor for this month

What is your favourite style of crafting?I love crafting in all forms. I love working with paper and being able to manipulate it with paint, ink, glue, texture paste, gel mediums, gesso, sprays, you name it and I will slap it on a piece of paper. I like to add a bit of vintage flair to all of my work by using old ephemera, beads, and knick knacks.

Name one product you couldn't live without and tell us why.Paper. Lots of paper. I love paper. I am a terrible cutter(don't ever ask me to cut a straight line) and that's a huge reason why I don't sew. I love that I can use ripped paper, crooked paper, and tiny bits of paper to make something lovely.

What's the last stamp set you bought?I just bought the Tim Holtz Winged Things set and I used it for my project below.

Paint or ink? Or Both? Why? Both. Layering adds so much depth to any work. Ink and paint can make different types of layers and I love how they look separately and how they work together.
So many of Jessica's answers resonate with me that I feel as if I know her already - right down to the purchase of Jessica's latest set of stamps, one of my favourite very favourite sets, 'Winged Things' by Mr Holtz!! So totally agree with Jessica about using ink and paint to create layers and depth.

Here's Jessica's beautiful project with THAT little girl stamp that I love so much:

I am so excited my Mermaids were chosen as the winner for the Return of the Challenge. Today I have made a multi layered canvas tag.

I started by using my gelli plate, stencils, and acrylic paint to make my background.

My focal image is from the Tim Holtz Winged Things stamp set. The little fairy is colored using Distress Inks and Crayons.

I made the flowers and branches using a tissue paper and collage medium technique.

I hope you enjoy my tag as much as I enjoyed making it!

Jessica, I absolutely love how you've layered this beautiful tag using so many techniques which I adore! You had me with the stamp set you used but then followed up with a Gelli print background and flowers - right up my street!! Thank you so much for sharing your art with us today and we do hope you will play along with us again. For further details showing how Jessica made this delightful piece of art, please click here to visit her blog.

If you haven't joined in with this month's challenge yet, there's still time and you can find all the details and inspiration from the DT by clicking here.

We have another Top Talent to bring you next month so don't forget to pop back on June 22nd and see the work of another talented creative.